A talk, "The Uncontainable," given by Kathleen Fraser at the Naropa Institute July 5, 1996. Kathleen delivers her talk then opens up the room for questions. Steven Taylor and Lee Ann Brown take part in the Q&A.
A lecture by Kathleen Fraser entitled "The Secret Life of a Convicted Lyric Poet." Fraser traces her own history and literary development in relation to the lyric. She reads from Elizabeth Willis' "Some Thoughts on the Late Lyric" and an interview with Robert Gluck on the lyric and prosody. The lecture continues with Fraser reading from her own works, including: "Blues for Sylvia," "Gloom's Song" and "They Did Not Make Conversation."
Topics: New American Poetry, New York School, lyric poetry
First half of a Kathy Acker and Michael Brownstein reading. Brownstein reads a selection of poems, including "Paris Visitation," "Distance Between People," and "Breakdown On Broadway." Kathy Acker selections include "Sex Show." (Continues on 79P097)
Second half of a Kathy Acker and Michael Brownstein reading. Acker finishes reading her poem "Sex Show." (Continued from 79P097)
First half of a reading by Keith Abbot, Wang Ping, and Lorenzo Thomas. Abbott reads "Zabioni," "What you know with no name for it," "Doing it to death," and others. Ping reads "Flash of selfish consciousness" and "8000 miles of clouds and rains." Thomas reads "Morning raga," "The sadness of space exploration," "The midnight sun," "An education" and "Hollandaise salsa." (Continues on 97P036)
Second half of a reading by Keith Abbot, Wang Ping, and Lorenzo Thomas. Thomas reads a selection of work for approximately twenty minutes, including "Multicultural," "The mockingbirds," "For almost a year to the day," and "Tar baby." (Continued from 97P035)
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A reading by Ken Mikolowski, Steven Taylor, and Peter Lamborn Wilson with introductions by Jack Collum. Mikolowski reads several short poems. Taylor performs works including "Blow away ye northern wind", "Photographs", and "Histories." Wilson ends with a reading from "The Architectionality of psychogeographicism or the hieroglyphics of driftwork," an excerpt from the book The Assasins, and two selections of commentary by others.
A Kenneth Koch class at the Naropa Institute. This recording begins halfway through the class and consists primarily of Koch's answers to student questions. Koch discusses his teaching experience in public schools and at Columbia University, and his own process of writing and revision.
A Kenneth Koch lecture at the Naropa Institute. Koch offers advice for young writers--digressing frequently to speak of his experience writing, teaching, and reading, as well as his friendships with John Ashbery and Frank O'Hara.
A Kenneth Koch poetry reading during the 1981 Naropa Summer Writing Program. Koch reads "In bed," "With Janice," sections from his story "The green step," and others.
A reading by Kenward Elmslie and Ron Padgett. Elmslie reads work from his books Tropicalism and Motor Disturbance. Padgett reads "Ode to stupidity," "Don't forget," "Arrive by Pullman," and others.
Kenward Elmslie and Steven Taylor lecture about writing lyrics and melodies to songs, focusing on their Palais bimbo lounge show album. Elmslie begins with a writing assignment for the class which is a poem in itself. He goes on to talk about how he started writing melodies when he worked as a lyricist. Elmslie reads "At the controls," from his book Tropicalism and talks about how it became a song called "Eggs." Taylor plays the orchestration and sings the song. They also...
Kenward Elmslie and Steven Taylor perform "various gobbets" from Postcards on parade, Elmslie's musical play written in response to the AIDS epidemic. Elmslie explains that the show is written to be performed by a cast of eight and invites the members of the audience to fill in the missing pieces in their minds.
A reading by Kenward Elmslie at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA), introduced by Anne Waldman and Justin Veach. Elmslie reads works including: "Easter Poem," "50 I Remembers," a mistranslation of Raymond Rousseau from "The Champ," "Joseph Cornell Box," and the song "Middle of Nowhere." He is accompanied by Steven Taylor. Also included in the reading is "Moments in Time" sung by Kass Morgan on a recording from the musical...
A reading by Kenward Elmslie at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA), introduced by Anne Waldman and Justin Veach. Elmslie reads works including: "Easter Poem," "50 I Remembers," a mistranslation of Raymond Rousseau from "The Champ," "Joseph Cornell Box," and the song "Middle of Nowhere." He is accompanied by Steven Taylor. Also included in the reading is "Moments in Time" sung by Kass Morgan on a recording from the musical...
Robert Creeley, Warren Tallman, and Clark Coolidge discuss Kerouac's works, including Dr. Sax, Visions of Cody, On the road, Lonesome traveler, and Old angel midnight. At the end, the panel takes questions from the audience.
John Holmes workshop topics include finding your own voice, education, discussion of poetic truth, and Kerouac's novels and Henry Miller, and Journal keeping[by Ann] John Clellon Holmes teaches a workshop on writing, focusing on fiction and prose. He discusses Kerouac's novels, including Visions of Cody, which Kerouac intended to be a more truthful account of the events that inspired On the road. Holmes also talks about how to find your own voice as a writer, poetic truth, and other aspects of...
This is one of the evening readings of the Kerouac Conference. David Cope reads a selection of poems, they are from a recent book that is published as well as old and new work. Then Jack Micheline reads. I very powerful performance that combines sounds of jazz and his unique way of living. The Orlovsky reads one poem as a favor to the audience. The evening ends.[by Ann] An open reading with David Cope, Jack Micheline, and Peter Orlovsky in a mall in Boulder, Colorado. Cope's selections include...
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A Kristin Prevallet lecture, "A Poem is never by itself alone," July 2001. Prevallet talks about investigative poetics: inquiry and investigative aspects. She reads from an essay about the philosophical principles of (relational) investigative poetics mentioning Olson's "total concentration," Manuel De Landa's book "A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History," and the inspiration question of an investigative poet, then gives practical examples. There is a question and...
